Xavier Ateneo Aggies bag championship at 10th FASMin skills tilt

After seven years, Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan was once again proclaimed as the overall champion of the Federation of Agriculture Students in Mindanao (FASMin) Congress and Skills Competition.

The tenth installment of the said event, bearing the theme “Food and Nutrition Security Amidst Challenges in Climate Change,” was held from January 30 to February 2 at the Mindanao State University (MSU) – Naawan campus.

Students competed in 36 events under three categories: crop-based, animal-based, and literary-musical skills.

Animal-based skills category

XU was hailed as the champion in the animal-based skills category, winning 11 out of 16 events.

Xavier Aggies won first place in the four-player carambola, both in men and women categories. JP Panunicial, Ralf Savellina, Jeo Sario, and RS Valdueza together got the carambola men’s championship, while the team of Rosario Bulan, Kim Sotelo, Danica Yasay, and Bianca Novela won the carambola women’s championship.

Besides promoting camaraderie, the FASMin Congress and Skills Competition serves as an annual gathering of students in the agriculture and allied fields from different Mindanao universities and colleges to keep abreast with local agricultural issues and development trends.∎